Chalk holder



MILLER CHALK HOLDER Filed March 10, 1924 0 fl 6 5 M Z I I l J i 6 \Ama?? Patented Feb. 23, 1926..

UlTED GEORGEF. MILLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHALK Application filed March 10, 19%.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Gnonen i lttiiritnu, a citizen of the United States,residing Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Chalk Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates, more particularly, to holders for the blocks ofbilliard chalk used in chalking billiard cue tips; my primary objectsbeing to provide a novel, simple and economical construction of holderfor such articles, which, while securely holding the chalk, will permitof the chalking of the cue tips as desired; to provide a constructionwhich may be attached to an'end of a supporting cord, or if desired to afinger of the player; to provide a construc tion which will be highlydurable and not be liable to impairment by frequentrecharging of piecesof chalk into it and which will not mar, or otherwise damage, objectswith which it may come into contact, such as for example, the billiardtable at which it is located; and other objects as will be manifest fromthe following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawlug-- igure 1 is a perspective view ofa chalkholder embodying my invention, showing it as supported from asuspending cord and charged with a piece of chalk. Figure 2 is a similarview of the structure shown in l, with the cord omitted, the s ructurebeing viewed from its bottom side. Figure is a section taken at the line3 on Fig. l and viewed in the direction of the arrow, with the cordomitted; and Figure 1, a plan view of a blank from which the holder ofthe preceding figures may be formed, the dotted rectangle illustratedrepresenting the area contacted by one end of the piece of chalk whenthe latter is positioned in the finished holder as shown in thepreceding figures.

My improved holder, in accordance with the preferred embodiment of theinvention, is formed from a single blank of any suitable, relativelysoft, material as for example leather, a form of blank suitable for thispurpose being represented at 5, this blank presenting the main,generally circular, body portion 6 and the tabs 7 extending laterallytherefrom in opposite directions at its opposite edges. The body portion6, at its central portion, is apertured, as repre- HGLDER.

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sented at 8, to permit a billiard cue tip, in the finished condition ofthe holder, and with a piece of chalk shown at 14 inserted therein asshown, to be introduced through the bottom of the holder and intoengagement with an end of the chalk exposed at this opening. Theextremities of the tabs 7 contain apertures 9 for, a purpose hereinafterdescribed. The blank, preliminarily soaked with water, is then pressed,in any suitable press and with the application of relatively greatpressure, into a condition to form the casing, or receptacle portion 10which is formed from the body portion 6 of the blank, the tabs 7extending from opposite edges of the upper, open, end of the casing 10shown.

The opening 8, shown circular, is of such size and shape that the sidewalls thereof form stop means for the inner end of the chalk introducedinto the casing through the upper, open, end of the casing. The tabs 7in the use ofthe holder extend in deflecteo condition relative to thewalls carrying them and thus crosswise of the upper, open, end of thecasing, the apertures 9 providing for attachment thereto of one end of aholder suspending cord, represented at 11, as commonly used. Whendesired, the apertures 9 may be made sufficienty large to permit theholder to be slipped over a finger of the user where it is desired thatthe holder be carried on the players hand. The tabs 7 are preferablypressed, and set, into substantially the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,to. provide the portions 12 which extend crosswise of one end of thechalk let, and the fiatwise-opposed extensions 18 which contain theapertures 9 and extend at angles to-the portions '12. I

It will be understood from the foregoing that a piece of chalkintroduced into the casing 10 is held against displacement therein bythe stop means provided at the opposite open ends of the casing andformed of the walls of the opening 8 and the tabs. 7.

A holder constructed in accordance with my invention is not only ofsimple c011- struction and economical to manufacture, but is verydurable, and by reason of the fact that the chalk is introduced into thecasing from the end thereof opposite that containing the aperture forthe billiard cue tip, weakening of the stop means at this end of thecasing, in the repeated use of the holder, is avoided. Furthermore, thedevice being formed of relatively soft-material, danger of marring ofobjects with which it may come into contact, is obviated.

lVhile I have illustrated and described a particular construction ofholder embodying my invention and have described it as made inaccordance with a certain method, I do not wish to be understood asintending to limit the invention thereto as the same may be embodied inother forms of struc ture and other methods of manufacture employed inproducing the holder, and in this connection it may be stated, by way ofexample ot a modification of the structure and the method employed informing it, that the holder may be formed of suitable soft rubber moldedor otherwise caused to present the desired form;

VJhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A chalk-colder formed of a casingforming portion open at its oppositeends and adapted for the insertion therein of the piece of chalk throughone of its open ends, stop-means at its other end for engagement by oneend of the chalk, and stop-forming means at the end of the easingthrough which the chalk is introduced therein formed of portions havingflatwiseopposed extensions angularly disposed rel ative to saidportions.

2. A chalk-holder formed of a casingiorining portion open at itsopposite enc s and adapted for the insertion therein of the piece ofchalk through one of its open ends, stop-means at its other open end forengagement by one end of the chalk, and stop-forming means at the end ofthe casing through which the chalk is introduced therein formed offiatwise opposed apertured' extensions angularly disposed relative tosaid portions.

3. A chalk-holder comprising a one-piece casingforming portion with theedge portions of each of its side walls integral with adjacent sidewalls, said casing being open at its opposite ends and adapted for theinsertion therein of the piece of chalk through one of its open ends,and stop means at its opposite, open, ends, for the chalk, one ofsaid'stop-means being movable relative to said side walls for permittingintroduction of the chalk into said casing.

4. A chalk-holder formed of a one-piece structure comprising a casingopen at its opposite ends and adapted for the insertion therein of thepiece of chalk through one of its open ends, said structure being formedwith stop-means at its other end for engagement by one end of the chalkand with portions at the other, open, end, having flatwise-opposed,apertured, extensions angularly disposed relative to said portions, saidportions overlapping an end of the chalk.

(1A chalk-holder formed of a casingforming portion, the walls of whichare connected together at their adjacent side edges, said casing-formingportion being open at its opposite ends and adapted for the insertiontherein of the piece of chalk through one of its open ends, stop meansat the other, open, end for engagement by one of the chalk, andstop-means, movable relative to said side walls into and out ofstop-torming position, at the end of the casing-forming portion throughwhich the chalk is introduced therein.

6. A chalk-holder formed from a single blank of leather pressed to forma casing, the lateral edge-portions of each side wall of which areintegral with adjacent edgeportions and open at its opposite ends andadapted for the insertion therein of the piece of chalk through one ofits open ends, with a flange at its other, open, end forming a stop andwith stop-forming means at the end thereof through which the chalk isintroduced into the casing.

7. A chalk-holder formed from a single blank of leather pressed to forma casing, the lateral edge-portions of each side wall of which areintegral with adjacent edgeportions and open at its opposite ends andadapted for the insertion therein of the piece of chalk through one ofits open ends, with a flange at its other, open, end forming a stop andwith stop-forming portions at the end thereof through which the chalk isintroduced into the casing.

GEORGE F. MILLER.

